Perfect for the fans of Shatter Me who are desperately awaiting the release of Unravel Me, this novella-length digital original will bridge the gap between these two novels from the perspective of the villain we all love to hate, Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45.

In Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me, Juliette escaped from The Reestablishment by seducing Warner—and then putting a bullet in his shoulder. But as she’ll learn in Destroy Me, Warner is not that easy to get rid of. . .

Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his power to keep his soldiers in check and suppress any mention of a rebellion in the sector. Still as obsessed with Juliette as ever, his first priority is to find her, bring her back, and dispose of Adam and Kenji, the two traitors who helped her escape. But when Warner’s father, The Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment, arrives to correct his son’s mistakes, it’s clear that he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner simply cannot allow.

Set after Shatter Me and before its forthcoming sequel, Unravel Me, Destroy Me is a novella told from the perspective of Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45.

I don’t feel as though there is too much to comment on for this novella, so this will probably be a short review. In “Destroy Me”, we get to see Warner’s point of view on things after the events of Shatter Me. We get to see how he truly feels about Juliette and why he is the way that he is. We are also introduced to Warner’s father, who is evil and very hard on Warner. There are also some tid-bits from Juliette’s journal inserted into the story, so she’s not completely out of the picture.

I’m not sure how I feel about the character of Warner. It kind of seemed like, to me, Mafi was trying to connect the reader more with him and get us to sympathize with him, which I do, but I feel as though he could make different choices if he truly wants to be good, instead of catering to his father. It seems as though Warner wants to be good, but he doesn’t know any other way of doing things. This is how he was brought up, so this is how it is. He also doesn’t want to disappoint his father, who he seems to detest.